jute

jute
[dʒuːt]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. rough fibre made from the stems of a tropical Old World plant, used for making twine and rope or woven into sacking or matting
    黄麻纤维(一种用东半球热带植物茎干制成的粗纤维,用于制作麻线和绳索,或编成麻布袋或席垫)
  2. the herbaceous plant which is cultivated for this fibre, with edible young shoots
    黄麻(一种可提取纤维的草本植物,嫩枝可食)
  3. Genus Corchorus, family Tiliaceae: several species, in particular C. capsularis of China and C. olitorius of India
    黄麻属,椴科:数种,尤指中国的黄麻(拉丁名C. capsularis)和印度的长蒴黄麻(拉丁名C. olitorius)
    ■used in names of other plants that yield fibre, e.g. Chinese jute
    [用于其他产纤维的植物名称中,如Chinese jute]
语源
  1. mid 18th cent.: from Bengali jhūṭo 'matted hair', from Prakrit juṣṭi
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